Clothes-wringer



' (No Model.) 2 sheets-sheen 1.

C. WHEELER, Jr. CLOTHES WRINGrEB.

' Patented g. 1, 189s.

N l l :will IIIIIUIIIH Il (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

C. WHEELER, Jr. i

CLOTHES WRINGER Patented Aug. 1, v1893.

UNITED gSTATES vPATENT OFFICE.

cYRENUswHEELER, JR., or. AUBURN, NEW YORK.`

CLOTH Es-WR'ING ER.

SPECIFICATION fOl'ming part Of Letters Fatemi-ANO. 502,647, dated August 1, 1893.

- Application filed August 19, 1892. Serial No. 443,540. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, CYRENUS WHEELER, J r a citizen of the United States, residing at Au-v burn, in the county of Cayuga and State of NewYork, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Wrin gers, ofv` which the following is aspeciication,V My'invention relates to clothes-wringing machlnes, particularly to that-'style of such machines in whichA the rolls are driven by* what is known as. purchase gearing, and the invention consists in the improvements in the wringer to be hereinafter pointed out and which are 'set forth inthe claim.

In the drawings-wherein the various features of my invention are illustrated, Figure l is a rear elevation .of a clothes wringer embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. Sis aview of the gear end of the machine. section'on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, partly in section, illustrating the clamp. Fig. 6 is a sectional `view on the line 6-6, Fig. 3. A Y

In the drawings, A A designate the side or end frame pieces of the machine these being by preference constructed of metal, and provided with straight vertical slots a, to receive the shafts of the rolls B B. B, is stationary, by which I mean that it has no vertical movements, and it is mounted in stationary bearings C situated in the bottoms of the slots a. The upper roll, B', is vertically movable between the end pieces A, its shaft turning in the-bearings C which are shaped and Afitted in the s lots a so as to move freely up and down therein. Y

D is the spring resting upon thebea'rings of the upper roll, and, E is the adjusting screw by which the pressure'of the spring upon theV bearings Cu is regulated, the spring being mounted in the arched cross piece F connecting the upper ends of the frame pieces A.

The parts thus far described may be of any usual or preferred construction.

Upon the projecting ends of theV shafts of the rolls at one end of vthe machine are mounted the gear wheels G G', arranged in different vertical planes so that their edges overlap, as indicated in Fig. 3. The hub g of the wheel on thelower roll shaft is adapted to receive the handle T by which the rolls -are y lie in different vertical planes.

Fig. 4 is a vertical The lower roll,

turned, the handle being applied thereto when light work is being performed and considerable speed isrdesired.

' H is the intermediate wheel which meshes with the lower gear wheel G, andI is the other'intermediate wheel arranged between the kwheel H and the wheel G. The gear wheel'I is elongated so'that it meshes with both of the wheels H and G', although they It is the smallest-wheel o f the driving geartrain, and its hubo is adapted to receive the Ahandle of the wringer which is applied thereto when heavy work is 4being done and great power is required.

The wheels H and I are mounted on iixed axles projecting from the end frame piece, and are arranged in front of the rolls, that is,

`on the side from which the fabric is passed between the rolls.

By the term fixed axle I wish to be understood as referring to an axle'that is rigidly attachedto the frame, which supports it by one 4end so that it projects from the frame parallel to the wringer rolls, the gear which it carries turning upon instead of with it.

Whenthe intermediate gearingis arranged as shown in the drawings that is to say in Vfront of the squeezing rollers, the action of the wheel I,on. whichever hub the handleT be used,-is to force the upper roll toward or against thelower one, and thefullest squeezing effect of the rolls is therefore obtained, while less pressure of the springis required. When a heavyand thick fabric is being passed through the wringen-demanding the fullest squeezing action of the rolls, and at thefsame time requiring the expenditure of much force to turn the rolls,.-the advantages ofthis feature become the most apparent because the greater the force exerted upon thephandle, the more tightly are the rolls forced'toward each other, by reason of thev force vwhich is transmitted through the gearing from the handle.

The axles upon which the wheels H and I are mounted are designated by J, and are cast or formed with the slotted end piece A, and have holes passing longitudinally through them to receive the screw bolts j These bolts are held firmly in place by the nuts which rest between and are held fromturning by the ribs k.

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U U are washers arranged between the heads of the screwboltsj and the ends of the axles J and the wheels thereon. The boltsj', with the washers U which are larger than the ends of the axles against which they bear, keep the gear wheels in proper working po' sition, the bolts adding to the stiffness of the axles.

In order to prevent the upper roll from being forced so far down, by the action of the spring D and the screw E, as to cause the engaging faces of the rolls to become flattened to an undesirable extent, thus requiring an increased expenditure of power to perform the work, I provide stop lugs or ribs L upon the frame with which the boxes or bearings C'of the upper roll come into engagement when they have been forced down as far as it is desirable they should move.V These ribs are arranged on the inside of the grooves a., and are preferably cast with the frame pieces.

The end frame pieces A are extended rearward to form the foot pieces M between which is arranged the cross piece N. This cross piece is secured tothe foot pieces of the frame by the spindles P of the tub clamps and the nut O screwed thereon.

The tub clamps consist each of a fixed part or member Q and a swinging part or member R. The stationary or fixed member of the clamp has a flat-faced portion q adapted to bear against the tub or other object to which the wringeris secured, acurved or bowed portion qabove the part g/,and ahub qzbetween the bowed portion q and the spindle P.

Q3 is a horizontalplate arranged immediately above the fiat-faced portion q of this member of the clamp, from the upper face of which projects a pintle g4 which is axially in line with the hub q2. The other, swinging member, R, of the clamp has abowed portion fr at its upper end, and a downward depending arm o", in the lower end of which is mounted the clamping screw S.

r2 and r3 are horizontally projecting plates or arms perforated so as to fit over the hub q2 and the pintle g4 respectively of the fixed member of the clamp, and upon which, as supports, the swinging member of the clamp swings.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, what I claim is- In a clothes wringer having the frame with slotted end pieces, the rolls carrying gear wheels on their shafts and having bearing in said slotted end pieces and intermediate gear wheels mounted on fixed axles projecting from one of the end pieces, the frame piece at the gear end of the machine having the fixed axles for the intermediate gear wheels arranged in front of the rolls and made hollow, the screw bolts passing through the hollow axles and securing the gear wheels thereon and the screw nuts upon the bolts arranged between ribs on the end frame piece, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` UYRENUS WHEELER, JR.

Witnesses:

G. W. BENHAM, CIcERo J. WARNE. 

